Developers can apply for real estate licenses instead of owners, or owners can pay taxes to apply for real estate licenses themselves. It depends on whether the sales contract has been agreed in advance.
Article 33 of the Regulations on the Management of Urban Real Estate Development and Operation stipulates: "The purchaser of pre-sold commercial housing shall, within 90 days from the date of delivery of the commercial housing, go through the formalities of land use right change and housing ownership registration; The pre-sale of commercial housing shall, within 90 days from the date of signing the pre-sale contract, go through the formalities for the change of land use right and the registration of house ownership. The real estate development enterprise shall assist the purchaser of commercial housing to handle the procedures of land use right change and house ownership registration, and provide the necessary supporting documents. "